How the Pandemic Defeated America
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Date Ed Yong The Atlantic @TheAtlantic A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees. How did … Read More
Post-pandemic science and education
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May 2020 Roger D. Blandford and Kip S. Thorne American Journal of Physics Roger is at the School of Humanities … Read More
Rebooting Science Diplomacy in the Context of COVID-19
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The COVID-19 pandemic is amplifying preexisting tensions between the United States and China across all domains, including science and technology. This is happening even as global science and technology cooperation has become a central feature of public health and the development of vaccines and treatments. … Read More
How epidemics change us
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INGSA/Koi Tū EXCLUSIVE As governments around the world try to contain the pandemic of Covid-19, they often draw on experiences of past epidemics. The swift and (so far) successful response of Hong Kong and Singapore, despite their proximity to the origin of pandemic in Hubei, China, has been attributed to the living memory of the 2003 epidemic of SARS. SARS left behavioural change and infection control practices that are now proving useful against Covid-19.